Match Report
19 points separated the sides: Vorskla 5th on 41, Olimpik Donetsk 13th on 22. Against a league average of 1.33 goals per team per game, Vorskla ran at 1.42 scored and 1.15 conceded, Olimpik Donetsk at 1.08 and 1.85.
Defeat had followed defeat for Olimpik Donetsk — five in succession. The last-five ledger: Vorskla 8/15, Olimpik Donetsk 0/15.
The sides have met 17 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Vorskla, 7 draws and 4 for Olimpik Donetsk, at 2.47 goals per meeting. Only 41% of these meetings ended in a home win. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings. The fixture has tightened lately: 1.2 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 2.47 all-time.
Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo in Poltava staged the fixture, a ground that holds 24,795. Vorskla led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Vorskla: R. Stepanyuk (13'), R. Stepanyuk (55'), I. Snurnitsyn (25' og)
Key stats
Possession: Vorskla 43% · Olimpik Donetsk 57% · Total shots: 5-9 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 4-6